Did you receive a notice from Google? Did you receive a mail about a class action on the settlement to resolve claims about the Google lawsuit? This review will help you partake in the class action settlement after confirming the authenticity of the mail.
What Is Google Class Action Settlement?
Sonos has been awarded $32.5 million as a result of a lawsuit against Google for violating the Sonos smart speaker patent in Google’s speaker sales.
A jury in California federal court decided Google violated the patent in the sale of 14.1 million smart speakers. A $2.30-per-speaker royalty then created a settlement of $32.5 million.
The name of the case is Google LLC v. Sonos Inc., Case No. 3:20-cv-06754, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
The plaintiff is represented by Alyssa M. Caridis and Clement S. Roberts of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Rory P. Shea, Cole B. Richter, Sean M. Sullivan and J. Dan Smith III of Lee Sullivan Shea & Smith LLP.
Google is represented by Sean S. Pak, Melissa J. Baily, Iman Lordgooei, James D. Judah and Jason C. Williams of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.
What Is This Class Action All About?
The jury determined Google’s Chromecast, Home and Nest products all violated Sonos’ smart speaker patent but the apps on smartphones for those products did not.
Sonos alleged a partnership with Google to get its products in the Play music service resulted in Google having access to Sonos’ technology. Google agreed the partnership occurred and Sonos was even the preferred speaker for the Google Assistant program, but argued Sonos made “false claims about the companies’ shared work and Google’s technology.”
Sonos was previously accused in a class action lawsuit of initiating a software update that caused its speaker controllers to fail so that customers needed to purchase new controllers.
The court was considering the validity of complaints for violations of U.S. patent 10,848,885 related to speaker technology and patent 10,469,966 related to smartphones. The jury determined the Google patents violation was only based on a violation of the Sonos smart speaker technology patents.
Who Is Eligible?
The settlement benefits all class members who purchased a speaker from Google that might have infringed on the Sonos smart speaker patent.
How To Be Part of This Settlement
For class member to partake in this settlement, they must submit a valid claim on the settlement website.
What Is The Pay For This Settlement?
The pay for this settlement varies and the proof of purchase is not necessary.
Conclusion
As you submit your claim to the settlement website, just like the Mattress Firm Bed Tech class action settlement we have reviewed, you’re doing so under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim.
